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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1948
Page
2
A New London farm named the MacDonald farm, long held by a single family, was sold last week. It passed into government title in 1838 during John Tyler’s presidency. The present owner William MacDonald sold the property due to ill health.
The Osceola Sentinel describes a quirky incident where Deb Watson transfers his own subscription to the shop for 47 customers who chip in nickels and pennies to read the paper at the cafe. Gordon Shaver household in Indianola plans a fresh home grown tomato soon.
Orval Linn of Stuart, once crippled by arthritis, now runs a rug weaving operation. Having produced over 1 050 rugs, he has buyers across many states. The piece highlights Linn's career shift from farming to crafts.
The Navy adopts form fitting zipper bags to preserve aircraft for short terms. The new method requires 30 man hours to adjust and dehumidify versus 120 ton hours previously needed. An illustrative fact notes if all conductors from an Iowa class battleship were laid end to end they’d stretch about 1,700 miles between Newfoundland and the British Isles or Denver to Philadelphia.
The Navy Department has retained professional color consultants to determine functional color applications for equipment, hospitals, supply depots, ordnance plants and other activities.
Researchers plan studies on antibiotics produced by organisms linked to American foul brood and other bee diseases. They will isolate anti-biotic factors and remove toxins, then study bee venom and other bee products for therapeutic value. Results could yield new antibiotics and boost beekeeping economically.
Dr. Raymond Walters, president of University of Cincinnati, reports on 350 institutions nationwide. Compared with last year’s GI influx, freshman veterans are down 10 to 75 percent, but a large share of the 1,000,000 veterans who studied last year have moved to upper classes. A surge in students entering college from high school increases overall enrollment toward 2,500,000 this fall from about 2,000,000 in 1946.
The article highlights Handel as the composer of Messiah and notes his other oratorios Saul and Israel in Egypt. It traces Handel's life from Halle to Italy, then England, where he is celebrated as England's premier musical figure with his finest work done there. It mentions Bach as a contemporary who probably equals Handel in sacred music.
The article notes the new oil center at Saida will contrast with an ancient backdrop of Crusader Sea Castle from the 13th century and the fortress of Saint Louis on a mound with earlier Greek and Roman roots. Sidon’s bazaars once sold silk, flax, arms, carpets, and war horses while exporting cedars and firs and serving as a gateway for Damascus trade.
In 1837 Morse’s telegraphy led to a 1945 Pluto project that laid undersea pipelines between Britain and France enabling rapid fuel transfers to Allied forces. The piece notes Napoleonic tunnel dreams, 1882 work, and ongoing official study of England France tunnel or bridge connections.
U.S. Department of Agriculture notes almonds filberts walnuts and pecans drive a rise from 23 million pounds unshelled in 1909 to a 1945 high of 348 million pounds. Imports grew for foreign tree nuts until 1930, then home production stayed above imports. Shelled meat yield and per capita consumption rose from 1909 to 1945.
Mexico's rail system spans about 13 643 miles across 19 operating lines, with 80.6 percent standard gauge and 19.4 percent narrow gauge. Roughly 1 439 locomotives, 21 206 freight cars and 1 348 passenger cars serve the network, with two thirds state owned under Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico.
The article notes a vast farm market for electrical equipment as manufacturers project rising annual sales across five years. It cites specific expected purchases including 300,000 water pressure systems 125,000 milking machines 75,000 cream separators 30,000 milk coolers 60,000 feed grinders 125,000 chick brooders 20,000 irrigation systems 135,000 farm freezers 25,000 walk in coolers and 13,000 barn hay curing installations.
The 404 foot Salisbury cathedral spire, called a one generation work, began in 1220 and reached completion in about 40 years. National Geographic notes its door for every month and window for every day, with a column for every hour in the year. A 1930 storm caused a crack in the spire that has withstood many winds.
Nylon thread finds new industrial uses in shoe manufacturing for uppers and sole sewing and in book binding for thinner volumes with greater durability. It also enters fashion notes with deeper colored hose appearing to enhance tone, offering flattering illusion to heavier figures.
The Hawaiian islands show premier volcanic activity with Hawaii National Park established in 1916 to preserve primitive scenes for future generations. It covers two tracts totaling 275 square miles on Hawaii island with the active Kilauea and Mauna Loa as main features. A lava tube at Thurst on Lava Tube forms from a pahoehoe flow.
Chile has a history of frequent earthquakes and fears surrounding temblors. After the 1939 quake, Chile enacted public lashing for rumor spreading in 1930. Seismic activity in Chile exceeds Japan in frequency, with most major quakes in the circum-Pacific zone.
Wheat production remains widespread across the United States but four main regions dominate about 85 percent of acreage. The Southwestern states Kansas Oklahoma Texas Nebraska Colorado grow hard red winter wheat. The Northwestern group Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana yields hard red spring and most durum wheat. Soft red winter dominates in Ohio Illinois Indiana Missouri, with smaller plantings elsewhere. Pacific coast white wheat is grown in Washington Oregon California and Idaho. Acreage trends show declines east of Ohio and in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and the Dakotas.
The Dominican and Caribbean andullo method and the Louisiana Perique method share a French Caribbean lineage. Both require long pressing and months of aging to dense, darkened tobacco products. Origins trace to Caribbean island inhabitants and later French Louisiana settlers adopting and refining the process.
King Mongkut of Siam sent a gift of young elephants to President Lincoln to aid the war effort, noting their usefulness for travel and burden carrying. Lincoln declined, saying U.S. jurisdiction did not reach such latitude and that land and water steam transportation was more efficient.
Rug weaving dates to Tebet ten centuries before Christ with wooden frames guiding warp threads. Knotted wool or silk tufts form the pile, protruding on one side. A finishing row is followed by a warp thread run over and under the warp to secure each section.
More than 1,000 nurses are needed as officers in the regular Navy Nurse Corps. The I Corps is 1,470 short of its 3,428 requirement, and 7,000 nurses are sought for the Reserve Navy Nurse Corps. The Navy remains a three dimensional force with air capable sailors and advanced equipment. Over 40,000 Naval Officers are on active duty, with about 13,000, roughly 30 percent, qualified as naval aviators.
The U S Navy funds new hydro flap devices on several land based patrol aircraft. The planing surface can be swung under the fuselage to aid forced landings at sea, improving flotation and stability during water landings.
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